Chapter 290 Prelude to the coming of the storm
"His Excellency Xia Lan, where are the children of the Grand Duke now?"
After Xia Lan confirmed that the grand duke's children were still alive, Auden couldn't wait to ask all the mercenaries present excitedly.
"Where am I, where is she?" Xia Lan said lightly.
"Your Excellency, are you saying that the children of the Grand Duke are now among Querofi?" Oden said in shock.
"That's right, now she is receiving the protection of Viscount Moroen in a secret manor in Querofe." Xia Lan said. "The great prince died suddenly and his children disappeared. Perhaps no one expected that they had actually grown up under the secret protection and care of Viscount Moroen until now!"
"What? Then why did Viscount Moroen not announce this news throughout Sissinia? If the people of Sisinia knew this news, perhaps Sisinia would not have fallen to such a level!" Oden was stunned after hearing this, and immediately said indignantly.
In his perception, if the grand duke's children were still alive, the grand duke's position would naturally not be as unsuccessful as today, which led to the separatist battle between the lords in various places. Viscount Moroen deliberately concealed the news that the grand duke's children were alive. It was obvious that the other party must have had some ulterior motives at the beginning. Perhaps the chaos in Sissinia was the situation he was happy to see, otherwise, he would not have developed from a small viscount to a huge power today!
"If Virgin Morrown had announced the news that the grandfather's children were alive, I'm afraid that the grandfather's children would have been no longer in the world." Xia Lan shook her head as if she was defending Viscount Morrown.
"Why do you say that?" Oden said clearly. He was not a fool. From Xia Lan's words, he seemed to have vaguely noticed the secret hidden back then.
"Do you know why the Grand Duke suddenly died suddenly when he was in his prime?" Xia Lan suddenly asked Oden.
Oden suddenly shook his head. Don't say he didn't know. Even the entire Sissinians probably didn't understand the truth about the mysterious sudden death of the great prince back then.
"Because someone needs him to die, he has to die." Xia Lan whispered.
Auden looked at Xia Lan in disbelief, and couldn't react for a moment. What does it mean that someone needs the death of the Grand Duke, and the Grand Duke has to die? Who has the ability to determine the life and death of a king of a country so domineeringly? It's terrifying to think about it carefully. This shows that the person behind the manipulation of the Grand Duke's death must be an existence that even the Grand Duke cannot resist!
"After the death of the Grand Duke, the person who manipulated the Grand Duke's life and death abducted the young Grand Duke's children, but they did not expect that the Grand Duke's children would be kidnapped by another behind-the-scenes force halfway..." Xia Lan crossed her hands under her, and looked at her eyes in a daze with a faint smile on her face, as if she was listening to a fantasy story of the Grand Duke's children, "So Viscount Moroen did not announce the news of the Grand Duke's children's lives in order to ensure their safety. Assuming that the people behind the Grand Duke's death learned that the Grand Duke's children were alive, they would spare no effort to assassinate them until death!"
"Your Excellency... are you... saying true?" Auden said with a suffocation.
"Is it good for me to deceive you?" Xia Lan smiled.
"So, behind Viscount Morrown..." After careful thought, Oden felt as if he was in a strange and complex dangerous vortex.
"You are right in your mind. Viscount Moroen does have a mysterious force behind him that supports him. Otherwise, do you think that just a small viscount Moroen can develop to this level?" Xia Lan said.
"Your Excellency... why do you know these secret things? Why do you tell us these things?" Oden said bitterly on his face.
"Because I want to tell you that although you hope to return to the children of the Grand Duke, you can restore the previous peace in Sissinia. However, the resistance in this is a difficult and difficult situation that you will never imagine!" Xia Lan said: "Now, you have a chance to retreat."
Xia Lan said this, but in fact someone really retreated, and he would immediately kill the other party without hesitation! A person who cannot be used is useless to him and will only become a stumbling block on the road to planning!
"Your Excellency, you underestimate us too much."
After a long silence, Oden took a deep breath and said.
"Oh? It seems you won't retreat?" Xia Lan glanced at the mercenary behind Oden and said, "But can your decision represent everyone?"
"I can't, but I know they will choose to believe that my decision is not wrong!" Oden said in a deep voice.
The mercenary behind him did not speak out, and obviously agreed with what Oden said.
"Very good, since that's the case, I will not say much. I am now ordering you as the messenger of the Princess Sisinia. Now the princess's situation is in danger. I need you to take action separately to fulfill the order I told you!"
Xia Lan stood up and said with a serious expression.
"His Excellency Xialan! We are willing to obey your instructions, but, you just said, what is the situation of the princess? Now the princess is in danger?" Oden asked in confusion.
"That's right! Because Viscount Moroen has begun to force the princess to marry him, and is preparing to ascend to the position of Grand Duke and completely expose his ambition!" Xia Lan said.
"But Viscount Moroen is just a small viscount. Even if he married the princess, it cannot change this fact. Besides, you have never mentioned a person so far." Oden said.
"Are you talking about His Highness the Prince? I'm sorry, he's dead." Xia Lan said lightly.
"What? Your Highness the Prince is dead?" Oden and the mercenaries behind him suddenly said in an uproar: "How did Your Highness the Prince die?"
"I heard from the princess that His Highness the Prince drowned when he was young, but do you really think so?" Xia Lan sneered.
"Indeed, even if the young prince is too playful, at least there will be people around him who will protect him..." Alden didn't finish his words because he already knew what Xia Lan wanted to express. His prince was not drowned at all, but was secretly killed like his father!
The murderer's spearhead was instantly directed at a person, the only person who could secretly kill His Highness the Prince.
He is Viscount Morrown!
"Now you understand what I mean." Xia Lan said coldly.
"I understand, but I follow your orders!" Oden, who had come to this point, even the safety of His Royal Highness's life was imminent, simply said decisively.
Looking at the twenty-seven people in front of him, Xia Lan nodded slightly. After pondering for a while, he said, "Now, I need to let you start to act separately. Although the process is difficult, accidents are absolutely not allowed!"
"Don't worry, even if we die, we will complete your order!" Oden said loudly.
"From now until you leave the hotel, you all started to secretly publicize the princess in Querofee, now hiding in the castle under Viscount Morroen's protection, and spreading the fact that Viscount Morroen forced the princess to marry. All the people went to the north to try their best to see the Marquis Edmund tell the princess about her situation, and to make the Marquis Edmund reach an alliance with the princess as much as possible. The interests involved can allow Marquis Edmund to send envoys to discuss with the princess in detail; as for the rest of the staff, go all the way to the Kingdom of Adria to seek opportunities to meet the commander of Salist, who is the governor of the state. If one day Adria cannot support the overturn and demise, if Commander Salist is willing to go to Sissinia to assist His Highness in pacifying Sisinia, then the princess can promise to send troops to help Adria restore the country!"
After telling a long order, Shalan paused and said, "As for the end, I need you to send all your men to escort Winnie to Esdaq Trading City! As for how to allocate personnel, it is up to Oden to decide!"
After giving the order, Xia Lan sat back on the chair, picked up the tea on the table beside her and drank it lightly. After saying so much, her throat was inevitably a little dry.
He ignored the whispers of the mercenaries below, just sat upright and pondered carefully. With his orders, within more than a month, people in Sissinia would probably know about Pandillia, and the matter between Marquis Edmund and Salist was only he was trying to pull the deviated historical trajectory back to the original track.
He was not afraid that Pandelia would die after being exposed. Although the ancestors' public opinion would like to kill him quickly, the glorious temple behind Viscount Moroen would not give up easily. Pandelia is an important piece they have planned for a long time. How could the ancestors' public opinion rashly destroy it!?
As for the news of Pandelia's marriage with Viscount Morrown, Aurá, who was infatuated with Pandelia, would become the first person to jump out of anger to stop his father from marrying Pandelia. The love and hatred of father and son is really welcome. In addition, the rumor that Viscount Morrown forces Princess Pandelia to marry will arouse public anger. In this way, Viscount Morrown's wishful thinking will be easily broken!
If Viscount Morrown is desperate to marry Pandelia, he will first break with his son Orambert. Secondly, he will lose his moral high ground and become the target of besiege of the surrounding noble lords. Viscount Morrown's desire to pacify Sissinia with the help of Pandelia's identity will be completely lost. In the end, the glorious temple behind Viscount Morrown may not allow the long-standing overall situation to fail.
He could have expected a storm to sweep Querofi and the entire Sissinia.
And isn't this what he wants to see?
When she left, Xia Lan brought only Serrara, and the people from the Dark Sword Mercenary Group had already turned into nothing. With Xia Lan's order, perhaps the only lonely person was Winnie, who was packing her luggage in the hotel alone.
Winnie had not much luggage. After loading the carriage, there were only six mercenaries left. Looking at the bustling street scene that was gradually fading out of the carriage window, a drop of tears slid down her cheeks.
Chapter completed!